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May 3, 2015
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Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen on Tour: Mayhem in Margaux
Authors Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN
are featured for the 6th time on France Book Tours!
After Treachery in Bordeaux,
Grand Cru Heist,
Nightmare in Burgundy,
Deadly Tasting,
Cognac Conspiracies,
meet again the famous wine maker detective with this 5th volume!
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Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN
on Tour
May 6-15
with
Mayhem in Margaux
(cozy mystery)
Release date: May 14, 2015
at Le French Book
153 pages
ISBN: 978-1939474384
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SYNOPSIS
It’s summer in Bordeaux. There’s a heat wave, the vineyards are suffering, vintners are on edge, and wine expert Benjamin Cooker’s daughter is visiting. A tragic car accident draws the Winemaker Detective and his assistant Virgile into a case where the stakes are very personal, and they uncover the dirty secrets hiding behind some of Bordeaux’s finest grand cru classé wines from Margaux. [provided by the publisher]
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An episode in a long successful French mysteries series
that is a hit television series now in its fourth season
and attracting an audience of over 4 million.
The series is a huge success in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
©David Nakache
Jean-Pierre Alaux
and Noël Balen,
wine lover and music lover respectively,
came up with the idea
for the Winemaker Detective series
while sharing a meal,
with a bottle of Château Gaudou 1996,
a red wine from Cahors
with smooth tannins and a balanced nose.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Translator Sally Pane studied French at State University of New York Oswego and the Sorbonne before receiving her Masters Degree in French Literature from the University of Colorado. She has translated several titles in this series.
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 6
Review + Giveaway at For the Hook of a Book
Thursday, May 7
Spotlight + Giveaway at Just One More Chapter
Friday, May 8
Review + Giveaway at It’s a Mad Mad World
Saturday, May 9
Spotlight + Giveaway at Book Nerd
Sunday, May 10
Spotlight + Giveaway at View From the Birdhouse
Monday, May 11
Review + Guest-Post + Giveaway at Griperang’s Bookmarks
Thursday, May 14
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace
Friday, May 15
Review + Giveaway at Unshelfish
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Libri Amori Miei
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[just follow the directions on the entry-form]Global giveaway open internationally:
2 US residents will win a print copy of this book
3 residents of any country will receive a digital copy
Incentive program winner: Cognac Conspiracies
France Book Tours offers an incentive program to the book bloggers who take time to cross-post their positive reviews to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Itunes, Kobo, Goodreads/Shelfari/LibraryThing, etc.
See more details on this post.
Please be sure to send us your links as soon as you publish your review on your blog, for a chance to win $15!
From the book bloggers who reviewed
Random.org chose the winner:
Among the links received from these bloggers
in this order:
Erin will receive a $15 gift card of her choice!
Here is an excerpt of her review,
click on the link to read her full review
Anyone could have “who-done-it” and we feel suspicious of them all. There is an air of intrigue, deceit, and suspense that makes you anxious to the turn the pages.
I know I can’t wait to get my hands on the rest of this series!
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